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Also Inflected form of rend

rent

UK/ˈɹɛnt/ US/ˈɹɪ̟nt/ common informal

verb

1.

let for money

  • “We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad”
Synonyms
2.

grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

  • “I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners”
Synonyms
3.

engage for service under a term of contract

  • “We took an apartment on a quiet street”
  • “Let”
  • “;”
4.

noun

1.

a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property

2.

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

  • “there was a rip in his pants”
  • “she had snags in her stockings”
3.

the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

4.

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

  • “he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”
Synonyms

Origin

From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

Phrases

  • base rent
  • black rent
  • chief rent
  • dry rent
  • economic rent
  • for rent
  • ground rent
  • keep the rent down
  • rent out

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See also

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